This is from the Orthodox Study Bible
"5:19 Jesus allows an exception to the messianic secret: this man may tell others. Perhaps in Gentile territory misunderstanding of Jesus' mission was not so much a problem, because the Gentiles had no preconceptions about the Messiah."
Maybe not quoted exacly I hope it is?
Anyway I dont think I understand this.. can someone please try to explain??
Also do you think this man lived with his friends?.. do you think his parents may have died?
Comments
maybe read Mark 5?
[sub]Robertson, A.T. "Commentary on Mark 5:19". "Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament". [/sub]
But I read Matthew Henry's (I think his protestant commentary sometimes)
This is the reason why Christ on many occasions was quite secretive about his identity as The Messiah, often telling those who had come to know Him as such, not to reveal what they had learnt to others, since people will then develop expectations of Him according to their false pre-conceptions.
The OSB commentary therefore, in an attempt to explain why Christ makes an exception in the case of Mark 5:19, argues that since the man that was healed was in gentile territory i.e. a region occupied predominantly by non-Jews, the people therefore would not have had any pre-conceptions of who the Messiah was and what His function was. There was therefore less of a risk that people would start formulating false expectations of Christ as a victorious socio-political leader.
I got some other questions..
Whats the difference between human tradition and Holy tradition? See.. mark 7:1-13 and Orthodox Study Bible?
washing of pitchers.. is that human tradtion? I thought God wanted the jews before Christ to do that because it might be unclean from unclean animals like reptiles I think?